GORAKHPUR (UP): Bhojpuri film star Ravi Kishan, the BJP candidate from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur parliamentary constituency, has said that contesting the 2014 general election on a Congress ticket was a mistake and that the saffron party is his last destination.
In an interview, Kishan said actor-turned-politicians like N T Rama Rao and Vinod Khanna inspire him and he wants to project himself as a serious politician just like them.
“I want to become a serious politician like N T Rama Rao and Vinod Khanna who were from the film industry but joined politics and worked with utmost seriousness,” Kishan said.
“If I was not serious about politics, I would not have left behind my successful career to become a politician,” added the actor who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in February 2017.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynatah have given me their blessings because they understand my seriousness,” he said further.
On joining the Congress ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the actor said, “It was a mistake. When I lost the election, no one in the party high command got in touch with me. I was dejected.”
The actor had contested from his home constituency of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh on a Congress ticket but secured only 42,759 votes or 4.25 per cent of the total votes.
Kishan admitted that it was Modi’s passion which convinced him to join the BJP. (AGENCIES)
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